Second edition of Puducherry Bird Atlas records 33,000 birds, 174 species

The 2nd variation of the ‘Puducherry Bird Atlas’, a bird-mapping workout successful and astir the Puducherry-Villupuram-Auroville-Cuddalore (PVAC) bioregion, concluded precocious with implicit 33,000 idiosyncratic birds belonging to 174 vertebrate taxon recorded during the survey.

The survey was organised by Svarnim, Sri Aurobindo Society, with the enactment of respective adept birdwatchers and volunteers. As galore arsenic 25 birdwatchers from antithetic parts of the state joined the effort, demonstrating the increasing involvement successful community-driven biodiversity documentation.